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while prime minister abe may want to join for security reasons there's little faith in washington he can do anything until after the upper house election 2013, and perhaps not even then. so the u.s. will go ahead with tpp, without japan, let japan join later. the u.s. would like japan in it but japan has got to live up to the standards. that's the obama position. >>> market worries are not only focused on the u.s. fiscal cliff. problems in europe are weighing on sentiment. the european commission downgraded its forecast for economic growth next year. the eu executive arm announced its outlook for the 17 eurozone nations on wednesday. the commission now forecasts the eurozone gross domestic product will fall 0.4% in 2012 from a year earlier. that's the first negative growth in three years. it also predicts near zero growth, 0.1% for 2013. that's down 0.9% from its may forecast. the commission warns of more negative growth for cash-strapped greece and spain, and four other eurozone nations in 2013. it says the region's leading economy, germany, can expect growth of only 0.8%. that's al
while prime minister abe may want to join for security reasons there's little faith in washington he can do anything until after the upper house election 2013, and perhaps not even then. so the u.s. will go ahead with tpp, without japan, let japan join later. the u.s. would like japan in it but japan has got to live up to the standards. that's the obama position. >>> market worries are not only focused on the u.s. fiscal cliff. problems in europe are weighing on sentiment. the european...
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. >> rose: also, david ignatius of the "washington post" from washington. >> on the larger question here of whether the obama administration before the election had an interest in minimizing the public's understanding that al qaeda still posed a threat, a different threat from the one that we were used to with bin laden but a threat nonetheless, i think the answer increasingly yes s yes. they didn't want the public to see that effort as anything other than a great success. that was part of obama's appeal. so i'd say on the particular details, i don't see much. on the broad theme, did they want the public to feel al qaeda was down for the count? yes, i think they did. >> rose: we conclude with julian sands, a british actor, talking about harold pinter, the english playwright and nobel laureate. >> in comparison with harold, other people looked blurred because he was such a life force. he was so present. he was so forceful. and he lived by pure intention. >> rose: aluf, dvid ignatius and julian sands when we continue. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york
. >> rose: also, david ignatius of the "washington post" from washington. >> on the larger question here of whether the obama administration before the election had an interest in minimizing the public's understanding that al qaeda still posed a threat, a different threat from the one that we were used to with bin laden but a threat nonetheless, i think the answer increasingly yes s yes. they didn't want the public to see that effort as anything other than a great success....
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the way i found out, i came back to washington thursday night. friday morning, the aff director told me there were a number of calls from press about this. this is something that could have had an effect on national security. i think we should have been told. >> brown: on cnn the chairman of the house homeland security committee, republican congressman peter king, also raised concerns. >> this just doesn't add up that you have this type of investigation. the f.b.i. investigating emails. the emails leading to the c.i.a. director and taking four months to find out that the c.i.a. director was involved. i have real questions about this. i think a time line has to be looked at and analyzed to see what happened. >> brown: on wednesday the petraeus resignation will be the topic of discussion when intelligence committee leaders meet with f.b.i. and c.i.a. officials. >> ifill: for more on all of this, we look at the story from different angles. frederick hitz is a former c.i.a. inspector general who's now an adjunct professor at the university of virgini
the way i found out, i came back to washington thursday night. friday morning, the aff director told me there were a number of calls from press about this. this is something that could have had an effect on national security. i think we should have been told. >> brown: on cnn the chairman of the house homeland security committee, republican congressman peter king, also raised concerns. >> this just doesn't add up that you have this type of investigation. the f.b.i. investigating...
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stocks fell on concerns that washington won't be able to come up with a debt deal. the dow jones industrial average lost another 121 points to close at 12,811. the nasdaq fell more than 41 points to close at 2,895. meanwhile, the labor department announced that first-time claims for jobless benefits fell last wee more than one in four workers in greece is now out of a job. the greek government announced today that unemployment topped 25% in august up seven points from the same time last year. and, nearly 60% of young people are now unemployed. the news came as european leader said they won't be ready to give greece its next installment of bailout funds next week after all. the athens government has warned it will starting running out of cash next friday. storm-weary people in new york and new jersey went back to cleaning up today after surviving a nor'easter. but major power outages lingered, and regional utilities faced growing outrage. the early winter storm brought rain, high winds and up to a foot of snow in the northeast and new england. and it brought out new
stocks fell on concerns that washington won't be able to come up with a debt deal. the dow jones industrial average lost another 121 points to close at 12,811. the nasdaq fell more than 41 points to close at 2,895. meanwhile, the labor department announced that first-time claims for jobless benefits fell last wee more than one in four workers in greece is now out of a job. the greek government announced today that unemployment topped 25% in august up seven points from the same time last year....
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"washington week" with gwen ifill can be seen later this evening on most pbs stations. after that, ray hosts tonight's edition of "need to know." the topic-- this year's record- setting $6 billion of campaign spending. we'll see you online, and again here monday evening. have a nice weekend. thank you and good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> and by the bill and melinda gates foundation. dedicated to the idea that all people deserve the chance to live a healthy, productive life. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org
"washington week" with gwen ifill can be seen later this evening on most pbs stations. after that, ray hosts tonight's edition of "need to know." the topic-- this year's record- setting $6 billion of campaign spending. we'll see you online, and again here monday evening. have a nice weekend. thank you and good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> and by the bill and melinda gates foundation. dedicated to the idea that all people...
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in maryland and washington, they have popular referenda. so this is that process i was talking about. in those two states the legislatures pass bills that legalize same-sex marriage. and opponents have pushed back by qualifying a popular referendum to the ballot. if voters say yes in maryland and washington tomorrow they're agreeing with the legislature that same-sex marriage should be legalized in their state. if they say no, these new bills will not take effect. and then finally we have minnesota. they have the same kind of question that we've seen in so many states over the last decade-and-a-half. let's define marriage as between one man and one woman. >> woodruff: you have several tax measures that are on the ballot. measures having to do with marijuana. >> yes. marijuana is on the ballot in six states this year. here in colorado and then also in oregon and washington tre are measures that would legalize the sale and use of marijuana for anybody age 21 or over. this is not medical marijuana. this is essentially legalizing recreational u
in maryland and washington, they have popular referenda. so this is that process i was talking about. in those two states the legislatures pass bills that legalize same-sex marriage. and opponents have pushed back by qualifying a popular referendum to the ballot. if voters say yes in maryland and washington tomorrow they're agreeing with the legislature that same-sex marriage should be legalized in their state. if they say no, these new bills will not take effect. and then finally we have...
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david, you're not in washington right now. mark, you are. but welcome back. let's start-- let me start out quickly, david, what more is there to be said about last night in the way everything unfolded? >> don't mess with big bird. the revemple of pbs. the revenge of pbs. no, i'm not sure that was a votingssu e fundamental issue is this is a country that is an incredibly diverse country that has changed demographically, a lot more latinos, a lot more asian americans, a lot more single women, a lot more single men, and a lot more college-educated men and culturally the republican party didn't move. they have to do what every single company in the country basically, every university has done-- adapt to the new reality. they have to put up a story that will appeal to these groupses, these new and rising groups. the problem they're going to have is alread a l of republicans are saying, "we just have to fix immigration reform. our policy on immigration reform." that's necessary but not sufficient. they have to come up with a story about how you make it in america.
david, you're not in washington right now. mark, you are. but welcome back. let's start-- let me start out quickly, david, what more is there to be said about last night in the way everything unfolded? >> don't mess with big bird. the revemple of pbs. the revenge of pbs. no, i'm not sure that was a votingssu e fundamental issue is this is a country that is an incredibly diverse country that has changed demographically, a lot more latinos, a lot more asian americans, a lot more single...
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london and washington may have refused to arm these rebels. but armed they are like never before. >> suarez: and margaret warner takes the story from there. >> warner: for more on today's developments and what they mean for syria's president bashar al assad, i'm joined by andrew tabler, a senior fellow at the washington institute for near east policy. he was in rebel-held syrian border regions in mid-november. andrew, welcome back. >> thank you. >> warner: first of all, how critical is the rebel seizure of some of these surface-to-air missile from the captured army bases? >> they're answer cloutly vital. for months the syrian army has harassed rebel held territories and they've bombed them into submission. with these shoulder-fired missiles they're able to down syrian aircraft of all types and it allows the syrian opposition to have the possibility of actually saying they have a pure liberated territory which is completely outside of the regime's contr a that sets the stage for a possible benghazi-like pocket that could push president assad so
london and washington may have refused to arm these rebels. but armed they are like never before. >> suarez: and margaret warner takes the story from there. >> warner: for more on today's developments and what they mean for syria's president bashar al assad, i'm joined by andrew tabler, a senior fellow at the washington institute for near east policy. he was in rebel-held syrian border regions in mid-november. andrew, welcome back. >> thank you. >> warner: first of all,...
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he always said in interviews if you read the "new york times" going accounts, he'd come to washington, the "washington post" would say "famous indian photographer in town t meet with president and members of the senate." he always said he posed people. he paid people for posing. he asked them what they wanted to wear in their portrait. i think accusation about the posing came later on from people who didn't understand what he was doing. yes, he was a documentarian. it's no different than you or i going to scotland and saying "do you have the kilt your grandfather wore?" and asking the third generation person to wear the kilt. what he was doing was breaking the stereotypes. indians were one dimensional. they were even either noble savages or dimestore indians. he saw them as human beings an that's what native people today see in his pictures. >> brown: you talk about him coming to washington or new york a nationally famous figure and yet died penniless, relatively unknown, almost alone. >> he had lost his copyright to the house of morgan because the deeper they got into him the more he
he always said in interviews if you read the "new york times" going accounts, he'd come to washington, the "washington post" would say "famous indian photographer in town t meet with president and members of the senate." he always said he posed people. he paid people for posing. he asked them what they wanted to wear in their portrait. i think accusation about the posing came later on from people who didn't understand what he was doing. yes, he was a documentarian....
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and neil irwin is an economics editor and columnist for the "washington post." what's the overview of the number so far? what do you take from them? >> well, there are a couple of trends, obviously. one is the consumer is in a very good mood for good reason. income growth is decent. job growth is coming along, as it were. housing is doing well. so consumers are in a pretty good mood, consumer confidence is at a four-year high and that's reflected in the christmas sales, if you will. they're solid. they're reasonable strong, 4%, 5% growth year over year. as you said earlier, it's really the online sales that are booming, well into the double digits. you mentionedly the 20% rate, and that's what we're expecting this year compared to last europe solid growth in terms of total spending by consumers on christmas goods and holiday sales. but the really interesting story is the online story where it's just growing like gangbusters. >> brown: let me ask cone. we talked about early shopping season. how are retailers dealing with the change? it's a lan landscape that chan
and neil irwin is an economics editor and columnist for the "washington post." what's the overview of the number so far? what do you take from them? >> well, there are a couple of trends, obviously. one is the consumer is in a very good mood for good reason. income growth is decent. job growth is coming along, as it were. housing is doing well. so consumers are in a pretty good mood, consumer confidence is at a four-year high and that's reflected in the christmas sales, if you...
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he's a professor at george washington university. do you find it significant that this wasn't just tahrir square but alexandria, port said. >> oh, yes. essentially most of the non-islammist political forces in egypt-- that is the brotherhood and others aside-- have lined up against us. the real question is are they going to be able to form a united front? and do they have any strategy by which to overturn morsi's decisions. >> suarez: what exactly has he done through these decrees? what did he say-- what powers did he give to himself, basically, until there's a constitution? >> well, he did a lot of little things. he dismissed the old prosecutor, seen as a hold-over from the old rejewel. he promised new trials. but the main thing that he did was to take all of his actions, and place them outside of court review. and he also made impossible to disband the constitutional assembly that is now writing the document. he had already assumed not simply presidential powers but legislative powers. that he did in august. what he is doing right
he's a professor at george washington university. do you find it significant that this wasn't just tahrir square but alexandria, port said. >> oh, yes. essentially most of the non-islammist political forces in egypt-- that is the brotherhood and others aside-- have lined up against us. the real question is are they going to be able to form a united front? and do they have any strategy by which to overturn morsi's decisions. >> suarez: what exactly has he done through these decrees?...
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stocks rebounded on the hopeful talk in washington. the dow industrials gained more than 100 points. and the top appellate courts in egypt went on strike against president muhammad morsi's move to assume near-absolute power. morsi planned to address the egyptian people tomorrow. >> warner: online, we continue our series on social entrepreneurs with a profile of a woman who's breaking taboos. hari sreenivasan has more. >> sreenivasan: harvard business school graduate elizabeth scharpf launched sustainable health enterprises. it helps women in low-income countries to jump start businesses to manufacture and distribute affordable feminine hygiene products. find her story on our social entrepreneurs page. plus, on making sense, paul solman breaks down the pros and cons of investing in i-bonds versus 403(b) retirement savings plans. all that and more is on our web site newshour.pbs.org. margaret? >> warner: and that's the "newshour" for tonight. on thursday, another in our series of conversations with incoming senators. tomorrow, we'll talk
stocks rebounded on the hopeful talk in washington. the dow industrials gained more than 100 points. and the top appellate courts in egypt went on strike against president muhammad morsi's move to assume near-absolute power. morsi planned to address the egyptian people tomorrow. >> warner: online, we continue our series on social entrepreneurs with a profile of a woman who's breaking taboos. hari sreenivasan has more. >> sreenivasan: harvard business school graduate elizabeth...
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"washington week" can be seen later this evening on most pbs stations. we'll see you online, and again here monday evening. have a nice weekend. thank you and good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> music is a universal language. but when i was in an accident, i was worried the healthcare system spoke a language all its own. with united healthcare, i got help that treat my life, information on my phone, connection to doctors who get where i'm from, and tools to estimate what my care may cost. so i never missed a beat. >> we're more than 78,000 people looking out for more than 70 million americans. that's health in numbers. united healthcare. bnsf carnegie and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org
"washington week" can be seen later this evening on most pbs stations. we'll see you online, and again here monday evening. have a nice weekend. thank you and good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> music is a universal language. but when i was in an accident, i was worried the healthcare system spoke a language all its own. with united healthcare, i got help that treat my life, information on my phone, connection to doctors who get where...
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and hisham melhem, washington bureau chief for al arabiya tv. mr. ambassador, as you heard from the reporters earlier in the program, the shooting has stopped but has it really ended the conflict? >> ray, it certainly hasn't ended the conflict. i do think there's a fairly good chance that this cease-fire will hold for two reasons. first the israelis had had a very, very tough week. their entire civilian population in the southern part of the country has been in bomb shelteres, out of school, out of work. they had the terrible bombing in tel aviv today and rockets fired for the very first time in jerusalem, where several hundred,000 palestinians live. they have made the point they will defend their country, their iron dome missile system responded very, very well. on the palestinian side, i think egypt, turkey, and qatar will make sure hamas adheres to the cease-fire terms. they will put enormous pressure on the hamas leadership to cease and desist. i think in the immediate sense we'll see the cease-fire hold but the bigger question is what can the u
and hisham melhem, washington bureau chief for al arabiya tv. mr. ambassador, as you heard from the reporters earlier in the program, the shooting has stopped but has it really ended the conflict? >> ray, it certainly hasn't ended the conflict. i do think there's a fairly good chance that this cease-fire will hold for two reasons. first the israelis had had a very, very tough week. their entire civilian population in the southern part of the country has been in bomb shelteres, out of...
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in washington, state department spokeswoman victoria nuland warned the fighting is creating thousands of new refugees. ere are now some 60,000 people displaced just in the past three days, 500,000 since january, and threatens threats to hundreds of thousands more. we're also particularly appalled by the incredible spike in violence and m-23's decision to renew its military campaign. >> sreenivasan: congo and rwanda have already fought two wars in recent years. the government of rwanda has denied supporting m-23. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to jeff. >> brown: and we turn to another deadly conflict in the middle east, the syrian civil war. according to one activist group, the battle between government forces and rebels has claimed the lives of more than 37,000 people. margaret warner is on a reporting trip to the region filing stories for our web site and our broadcast. tonight, she gets an inside look at the opposition in syria, and turkey's role supporting it. >> warner: it was a reunion six years in the making. this man embraced his younger brothers last week
in washington, state department spokeswoman victoria nuland warned the fighting is creating thousands of new refugees. ere are now some 60,000 people displaced just in the past three days, 500,000 since january, and threatens threats to hundreds of thousands more. we're also particularly appalled by the incredible spike in violence and m-23's decision to renew its military campaign. >> sreenivasan: congo and rwanda have already fought two wars in recent years. the government of rwanda has...
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obama also faced questions on the other major story in washington right now, the extra-marital affair that ended david petraeus' career as c.i.a. director. today, he said he's seen no evidence that national security was compromised. >> obviously, there's an ongoing investigation. i don't want to comment on the specifics of the investigation. the f.b.i. has its own protocols in terms of how they proceed. we are safer because of the work that dave petraeus has done. and my main hope right now is-- is that he and his family are able to move on and that this ends up being a single side note on what has otherwise been an extraordinary career. >> reporter: the president was pressed on whether he should have been informed sooner of the f.b.i.'s investigation. he said he was withholding judgment. >> i think you're going to have to talk to the f.b.i. in terms of what their general protocols are when it comes to what started off as a potential criminal investigation. and one of the challenges here is-- is that we're not supposed to meddle in, you know, criminal investigations. and tt's been our
obama also faced questions on the other major story in washington right now, the extra-marital affair that ended david petraeus' career as c.i.a. director. today, he said he's seen no evidence that national security was compromised. >> obviously, there's an ongoing investigation. i don't want to comment on the specifics of the investigation. the f.b.i. has its own protocols in terms of how they proceed. we are safer because of the work that dave petraeus has done. and my main hope right...
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only about twice as big as washington, d.c., predominantly palestinian and the economy there is quite bad and unemployment is very high. globalfirepower.com has called israel the tenth most powerful military in the world. let's break that down and see why. they have compulsory military service. that means every young person must go into the military for a while. 176,000 active troops are available and they have about half million that they can call from reserves very quickly. ground sources also very impressive. 3,000 tanks if you count all the artillery pieces and mortar, you get about 12,000 units that can operate on the ground. of course, their air force is formidable about 800 aircraft out there, including some 200 helicopters. this is largely what they used to have these strikes within gaza. now, if you look at hamas, their forces are much smaller in terms of their official forces certainly. if you look at people who are really in uniform, soldiers, police, whatever you want to call it, 12,500 and, of course, nothing like the weapons that the israelis have. however, palestinian m
only about twice as big as washington, d.c., predominantly palestinian and the economy there is quite bad and unemployment is very high. globalfirepower.com has called israel the tenth most powerful military in the world. let's break that down and see why. they have compulsory military service. that means every young person must go into the military for a while. 176,000 active troops are available and they have about half million that they can call from reserves very quickly. ground sources...
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do you think the political will exists in washington to pass legislation that could include a tax on carbon? >> you know, as you know, mark, we can't attribute any particular weather event to climate change. what we do know is the temperature around globe is increasing. faster than was predicted even ten years ago. the arctic icecap is melting. faster than was predicted even five years ago. we do know that there have been extraordinarily -- there have been an extraordinarily large number of severe weather events here in north america but also around the globe. and i am a firm believer that climate change is real. that it is impacted by human behavior and carbon emissions. as a consequence, i think we have an obligation to future generations to do something about it. in my first term, we doubled fuel efficiency standards on cars and trucks. that will have an impact. that will take a lot of carbon out of the atmosphere. we doubled the production of clean energy, which promises to reduce the utilization of fossil fuels for power generation. and we continue to invest in potential break-t
do you think the political will exists in washington to pass legislation that could include a tax on carbon? >> you know, as you know, mark, we can't attribute any particular weather event to climate change. what we do know is the temperature around globe is increasing. faster than was predicted even ten years ago. the arctic icecap is melting. faster than was predicted even five years ago. we do know that there have been extraordinarily -- there have been an extraordinarily large number...
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do you think the political will exists in washington to pass legislation that could include a tax on carbon? >> you know, as you know, mark, we can't attribute any particular weather event to climate change. what we do know is the temperature around globe is increasing. faster than was predicted even ten years ago. the arctic icecap is melting. faster than was predicted even five years ago. we do know that there have been extraordinarily -- there have been an extraordinarily large number of severe weather events here in north america but also around the globe. and i am a firm believer that climate change is real. that it is impacted by human behavior and carbon emissions. as a consequence, i think we have an obligation to future generations to do something about it. in my first term, we doubled fuel efficiency standards on cars and trucks. that will have an impact. that will take a lot of carbon out of the atmosphere. we doubled the production of clean energy, which promises to reduce the utilization of fossil fuels for power generation. and we continue to invest in potential break-t
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must go once is at least something in writing well do you think that there is something that prevents washington profer it from putting something obligations in writing at least what what what is it the congress the public opinion the allies what. just statements even in rating are not sufficient we soar and we were satisfied and we welcomed when the nato summit in chicago may last produced a statement along the lines in along the lines which i described the problem here is that these statement was not ease not a legally binding one we need an agreement and here is the difficulty because both as you say the congress. namely the senate when it adopted ratification resolution on the new start the u.s. . allies probably not all of them but most of them and the administration itself made it extremely difficult to move on this particular issue and you know we are somewhat stuck so the movement in chicago was welcomed by russian side but it was not sufficient well let's get back to reset to this phrase that four years ago we all remember the state sector of moscow that big red button it well it played
must go once is at least something in writing well do you think that there is something that prevents washington profer it from putting something obligations in writing at least what what what is it the congress the public opinion the allies what. just statements even in rating are not sufficient we soar and we were satisfied and we welcomed when the nato summit in chicago may last produced a statement along the lines in along the lines which i described the problem here is that these statement...
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but i'm not going to vote to bring more revenue to washington. i want less money coming to washington, less money spent up here. that's how you get the my to grow. we're not going to have more economic growth if we send more money to washington. we'll have less economic growth. >> if all the republicans hold firm to that position you just spelled out in significant detail, there's not going to be a deal, you know, between now and december 31st. and all americans, middle class, rich, they are all going to see their tax rates going up january 1st. how are you going to feel about that? >> the thing is last year we did make a deal. the president came forward and said when you have slow growth less than 2%, raising taxes would be a bad idea. we have less than 2% growth, why would raising taxes now be a good idea? it is still a bad idea and i think while i think there is room for a prom promise, i don't think one person gets to decide where the compromise is. >> senator, the administration, the president who was re-elected, impressive electoral college
but i'm not going to vote to bring more revenue to washington. i want less money coming to washington, less money spent up here. that's how you get the my to grow. we're not going to have more economic growth if we send more money to washington. we'll have less economic growth. >> if all the republicans hold firm to that position you just spelled out in significant detail, there's not going to be a deal, you know, between now and december 31st. and all americans, middle class, rich, they...
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>> that is the way washington sees it, but our realism is not the muslim brotherhood's realism. day they may not realize what is at stake for them and they may be driven by their desire to help hamas, the palestinian muslim brotherhood, that they may not be cognizant of the consequences. while clearly he is not in any rush to. the treaty, he is getting signals. if you have an egyptian killed in gaza now that he is sending egyptians there, that could create crisis that he might use to downgrade relations. >> how has the arab spring it changed the dynamic? >> i think that has made it a lot more pressing for arab leaders. the arab leaders have to be more responsive to their publics rhetorically and also in terms of what they do. arab publics are very supportive of the palestinian cause, but it is on these new leaders to behave responsibility and understand consequences for their actions. for egypt, it is a board to reinforce to egypt leaders the treaty with israel create stability and makes egypt's a good investment. outt's very diplomatic way of the crisis? that at the moment, it
>> that is the way washington sees it, but our realism is not the muslim brotherhood's realism. day they may not realize what is at stake for them and they may be driven by their desire to help hamas, the palestinian muslim brotherhood, that they may not be cognizant of the consequences. while clearly he is not in any rush to. the treaty, he is getting signals. if you have an egyptian killed in gaza now that he is sending egyptians there, that could create crisis that he might use to...
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"washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. [captioning made possible by bloomberg television] [captions performed by national captioning institute] @@@@@@@@@@ >> i'm open to comprow -- compromise. i refuse to accept any approach that isn't balanced. i am not going to ask students and seniors and middle class families to pay down the entire deficit while people like me making over $250,000 are not asked to pay a dime more in taxes. >> the newly elected congress starts in january, and work is expected on the impending fiscal cliff including the expiration of the bush era tax cuts, the federal deficit, raising the debt ceiling and by how much, and planned cuts to domestic and military spending. follow all the floor debates starting tuesday at 2:00 p.m. eastern with live house congressional on c-span and the senate on c-span 2. >> deputy british prime minister and liberal democrat leader nick clegg answered questions wednesday. prime minister david cameron was away on a trip to the gulf. members offered glages to president obama o
"washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. [captioning made possible by bloomberg television] [captions performed by national captioning institute] @@@@@@@@@@ >> i'm open to comprow -- compromise. i refuse to accept any approach that isn't balanced. i am not going to ask students and seniors and middle class families to pay down the entire deficit while people like me making over $250,000 are not asked to pay a dime more in taxes. >> the newly elected...
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wall police very seriously but the question is who can hold that wall police itself accountable in washington. state stateside and a former cia officer has told r.t. that obama needs to break free from pressure exerted by america's right wing what i would suggest is that he call a press conference what he would say is you know the campaign is over and i found out that i've been grievously misled they told me to say that iran had threatened to wipe israel off the map and i found out that they never said that it's a matter of fact these really deputy prime minister sort of said ok ok he never said that and so my speechwriters are being canned and i'm going to get some new speechwriters the intelligence community keeps telling me that he ryan has not yet decided to build a nuclear weapon and so i'm going to get rid of all those folks from brookings or other places who are the sort of skip saying well you know you still have to worry about this instead of negotiations once these troublesome people have their own agenda are dismissed then he has a square chance of saying look we're going to do a d
wall police very seriously but the question is who can hold that wall police itself accountable in washington. state stateside and a former cia officer has told r.t. that obama needs to break free from pressure exerted by america's right wing what i would suggest is that he call a press conference what he would say is you know the campaign is over and i found out that i've been grievously misled they told me to say that iran had threatened to wipe israel off the map and i found out that they...
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good afternoon welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. these are your headlines for thursday november eighth two thousand and twelve more than a couple dozen companies over the last five years did not tell investors they were getting ready to file for chapter eleven bankruptcy kodak is included american airlines that's just to name a few this is according to a wall street journal analysis and this is arguably material information investors would want to know so what's behind a decision like this we talk to professor of behavioral economics and author dan ariely ellie and j.p. morgan chase has reached an agreement in principle with regulators that the s.e.z. to resolve claims related to mortgage backed bonds handled by j.p. morgan and bear's terms the firm j.p. morgan of course of choir now it doesn't seem settlements deter wall street wrongdoing as we seem to see it continue so what would will discuss and greek lawmakers passed an austerity bill mario draghi announces he's keeping interest rates where they are but what's causing a real st
good afternoon welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. these are your headlines for thursday november eighth two thousand and twelve more than a couple dozen companies over the last five years did not tell investors they were getting ready to file for chapter eleven bankruptcy kodak is included american airlines that's just to name a few this is according to a wall street journal analysis and this is arguably material information investors would want to know so...
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able you know to allow a little called a petition just a little you that is a very sad story for for washington and it doesn't bear good sides for the future. america's presidential election didn't pass without controversy this week and the country's voting system has been called into question with suggestions it's easy to tamper with and the government is being accused of turning a blind eye and our eyes he's honest as he took in the reports. you're elected me to tell you the truth honesty is the best policy while maybe not in u.s. elections two words define why people hate america double standard on everything in this presidential election season these two words are back in full swing the basic definition of a double standard is a rule or principle unfairly applied in different ways to different people or groups let's find out if this is relevant to the us election system from questionable voter id regulations to shortened early voting time slots to gerrymandering rejoice in congressional district lines to favor certain party laws affecting voters' rights are passed left and right and vary st
able you know to allow a little called a petition just a little you that is a very sad story for for washington and it doesn't bear good sides for the future. america's presidential election didn't pass without controversy this week and the country's voting system has been called into question with suggestions it's easy to tamper with and the government is being accused of turning a blind eye and our eyes he's honest as he took in the reports. you're elected me to tell you the truth honesty is...
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the bond markets are closed it's veterans day limiting gains is uncertainty whether the standoff in washington over automatic spending cuts and tax hikes could be resolved before january european markets also ended the mixed is the eurozone fisher was meant to discuss greece's long delayed tranche of aid from international creditors and greece could need another fourteen billion dollars for that four on the euro dollar market we're not seeing much of a change and said the year to play a big big role and the russian ruble strengthened a bit against both currencies in moscow and russia's markets saw a rebound on monday half a percent of russians g.d.p. rose two point nine percent third quarter of the year slightly above expectations. all right then that's all we have time for this hour a few minutes we discover the key to business success with the charismatics so richard you stay with us. well. science technology innovation all the moves developments from around russia we've got the future covered. sigrid laboratory to mccurry was able to build the world's most sophisticated robot which on fortu
the bond markets are closed it's veterans day limiting gains is uncertainty whether the standoff in washington over automatic spending cuts and tax hikes could be resolved before january european markets also ended the mixed is the eurozone fisher was meant to discuss greece's long delayed tranche of aid from international creditors and greece could need another fourteen billion dollars for that four on the euro dollar market we're not seeing much of a change and said the year to play a big big...
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it's friday november thirtieth four pm in washington d.c. i'm meghan lopez and you're watching r.t. . all right well starting off this hour he's the man who's made a name for himself by sharing explosive government leaks on the secret spilling website wiki leaks and is now facing the consequences for those data drops love him or hate him the press and the public can't seem to get enough of wiki leaks co-founder julian a songe his tale after all is one of classified documents and evading a sorties in other words the perfect made for t.v. drama and this case is far from over now or to international had a chance to sit down with the man himself to find out the latest developments in his political standoff here's part of that interview with our tease laura smith judy and you'll saying basically that the internet can in slave us but the internet is just a thing right it's a soulless piece of equipment who was a real in slave. the people who control the interception of the internet and to some degree also physically control would be guarded wareho
it's friday november thirtieth four pm in washington d.c. i'm meghan lopez and you're watching r.t. . all right well starting off this hour he's the man who's made a name for himself by sharing explosive government leaks on the secret spilling website wiki leaks and is now facing the consequences for those data drops love him or hate him the press and the public can't seem to get enough of wiki leaks co-founder julian a songe his tale after all is one of classified documents and evading a...
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the major powers from states political economic diplomatic and military and give it to brussels and washington is doomed with german chancellor angela merkel saying at least five more years will be needed to recover it's clear countries like now we will not have a deficit in labor force at least some more decades greif an option r t from no way germany and france. are to live here in moscow more news in about fifteen minutes from now in the meantime an interview with britain's fourth richest man so richard branson. in japan the average height for men is one hundred eighty two centimeters ten centimeters shorter because of that some employers refused to hire me one of them even told me directly that i was too short to deal with the clients computers already spent three months in this hospital and plans to stay for another four to add the coveted seven santa majors to his stature invented by the famed soviet orthopedic is good for you is there of in the nineteen fifties these frames were initially used to treat fractures in deformities by cutting bones and slowly pulling them up or therefore sti
the major powers from states political economic diplomatic and military and give it to brussels and washington is doomed with german chancellor angela merkel saying at least five more years will be needed to recover it's clear countries like now we will not have a deficit in labor force at least some more decades greif an option r t from no way germany and france. are to live here in moscow more news in about fifteen minutes from now in the meantime an interview with britain's fourth richest...
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to israel that an attack on iran what compromise washington in the region and. politically proactive hollywood. is related to the sixteenth president all of america abraham lincoln tells on that story and much more. german while it saw feeling of the pinch out from soaring electricity bills of pated by billions objective to rid the country of nuclear energy security and environmental issues behind the bed seemed to be perfectly valid but as pete all of our reports its ultimate implications could hit germans high. and. it was a resoundingly no to new clear from the german chancellor the other miliband a nuclear power completely step by step until the end of twenty twenty two as a country within that we can become pioneers on the way to create an age of renewable energy the two thousand and eleven meltdown at the fukushima power plant in japan the worst atomic energy disaster since chernobyl is the key motivation for rushing through nuclear decommissioning is the security concerns are very strong this is the main factor in the decision to begin reduction of nuclea
to israel that an attack on iran what compromise washington in the region and. politically proactive hollywood. is related to the sixteenth president all of america abraham lincoln tells on that story and much more. german while it saw feeling of the pinch out from soaring electricity bills of pated by billions objective to rid the country of nuclear energy security and environmental issues behind the bed seemed to be perfectly valid but as pete all of our reports its ultimate implications...
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good afternoon and welcome to capital like out i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. these are your headlines for tuesday november sixth two thousand and twelve the u.s. presidential elections are today along with elections for hundreds of lawmakers for everything in the house of representatives and some in the senate will discuss what opposed to election economy may look like with credit write downs founder edward terrorists and and europe may be an example of what happens when you cut spending without writing down the debt so far the u.s. is postpone financial reckoning day by ramping up the presses but how much longer can do is continue plus the u.s. fiscal cliff has people worried about a u.s. recession if washington does nothing meanwhile in france president francois hollande is. pressure to reform the economy loosening labor laws for example reuters says he's expected to brush aside the prescriptions from an i.m.f. and also a government commission report our elected politicians just universally aligned and not wanting to make that tough decisions we'll discuss l
good afternoon and welcome to capital like out i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. these are your headlines for tuesday november sixth two thousand and twelve the u.s. presidential elections are today along with elections for hundreds of lawmakers for everything in the house of representatives and some in the senate will discuss what opposed to election economy may look like with credit write downs founder edward terrorists and and europe may be an example of what happens when you cut...
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zero chance of any democratic reform in this country and this is a country that absolutely needs it washington and london have more or less given the big the go ahead for the bahraini roll family and that and that government that autocracy to really go hard and fast and drop the hammer down on any pro reform movements and that's exactly what we've seen. iraq's the fans minister denies the country has cancelled a four billion dollar arms deal with russia a report on saturday suggested baghdad pulled the contract but the minister says the sale has been put under review amid concerns of internal corruption government and business consultant chris forceful sastre complications are a sign of pressure from washington if this deal head to gone through that would have meant for the iraqi people kind of you know starting a balanced situation of the evening east and west so this. would be healthy for the iraqi people because this is in line with the geographical very simple geographical situation now putting this deal under pressure you know that means that the u.s. is insisting on a monopole in the reg
zero chance of any democratic reform in this country and this is a country that absolutely needs it washington and london have more or less given the big the go ahead for the bahraini roll family and that and that government that autocracy to really go hard and fast and drop the hammer down on any pro reform movements and that's exactly what we've seen. iraq's the fans minister denies the country has cancelled a four billion dollar arms deal with russia a report on saturday suggested baghdad...
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and do you think the political will exists in washington to pass legislation that could include some kind of attacks on carbon? >> you know, as you know, mark, we can't attribute any particular weather event to climate change. what we do know is the temperature around the globe is increasing, faster than was predicted even ten years ago. we do know that the arctic ice cap is melting, faster than was even predicted five years ago. we do know there have been extraordinarily -- there have been an extraordinarily large number of severe weather events here in north america but also around the globe. and i am a firm believer that climate change is real, that it is impacted by human behavior and carbon emissions. as a consequence i think we have an obligation to future generations to do something about it. now in my first term, we doubled fuel efficiency standards on cars. and trucks. that will have an impact. that will take a lot of carbon out of the atmosphere. we doubled the production of clean energy, which promises to reduce the utilization of fossil fuels for power generation. and we
and do you think the political will exists in washington to pass legislation that could include some kind of attacks on carbon? >> you know, as you know, mark, we can't attribute any particular weather event to climate change. what we do know is the temperature around the globe is increasing, faster than was predicted even ten years ago. we do know that the arctic ice cap is melting, faster than was even predicted five years ago. we do know there have been extraordinarily -- there have...
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. >> hello, it's midday here in london, 7:00 in the morning in washington. there's been a new twist to the sex scandal engulfing the american military top brass there. on friday, general david petraeus resigned as boss of the c.i.a. after it was revealed that he had been having an extra marital affair. now general john alan has been drawn into the scandal after what is being called inappropriate communications with a woman also linked to the affair. he has denied any wrong doing, but his application for a top nato job has been put on hold. >> there will be moments like this -- >> another top american commander, another career threatened. this time it's general john allen. he's in charge of u.s. forces in afghanistan, and he was about to be confirmed as the supreme allied commander europe. but he's now under investigation for alleged inappropriate communications. apparently tens of thousands of pages of emails and daments spanning the past two years with this woman, jill kelly. she's a volunteer with military families at the u.s. base in tampa, florida. but s
. >> hello, it's midday here in london, 7:00 in the morning in washington. there's been a new twist to the sex scandal engulfing the american military top brass there. on friday, general david petraeus resigned as boss of the c.i.a. after it was revealed that he had been having an extra marital affair. now general john alan has been drawn into the scandal after what is being called inappropriate communications with a woman also linked to the affair. he has denied any wrong doing, but his...
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still pose to cuba respect the washington. the situation has not changed much because the factors that led to the dramatic situation must allow something similar might happen again because the reasons that triggered the grave international crisis that put the life of all humankind under threat still exist. has nothing changed at all. no because the main players are still the same the people who are in power now carry on with the policies of their predecessors those who were responsible for creating that situation in the first place in other words the world's one superpower is still the only superpower. in so it doesn't matter who wins the election obama or romney do you think foreign policy will remain the same. the truth is there isn't much of a difference between the main political parties in the us including their foreign policy stances as a real foreign policy strategy is presented as something that both parties have approved but the fact is it's devised in the interests of the real decision makers behind it it's not neces
still pose to cuba respect the washington. the situation has not changed much because the factors that led to the dramatic situation must allow something similar might happen again because the reasons that triggered the grave international crisis that put the life of all humankind under threat still exist. has nothing changed at all. no because the main players are still the same the people who are in power now carry on with the policies of their predecessors those who were responsible for...
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and imports and so forth this is starting to have an impact and officials from israel to london to washington would prefer that this approach work and i think as we see signs that iran's economy is cracking further it's becoming more destabilized there's more hope that perhaps we're getting closer to a point where iran would would in its own self-interest agree to freeze its nuclear program ship out those parts of the program that are most concern to the p five plus one are there any major factors that could push the price of oil up aside from more fierce certainly we are in a new world in the global oil market and that sometimes gets lost here in the united states because we see such rising production and we see demand sort of softening and tapering off so if you just look at the united states you would think oil prices should be much lower we're swimming in oil etc but outside the united states the oil market is very tight and it's very very prone to disruptions when there's geo political risk but even besides geopolitical risk what we have here is two billion people on the planet who want
and imports and so forth this is starting to have an impact and officials from israel to london to washington would prefer that this approach work and i think as we see signs that iran's economy is cracking further it's becoming more destabilized there's more hope that perhaps we're getting closer to a point where iran would would in its own self-interest agree to freeze its nuclear program ship out those parts of the program that are most concern to the p five plus one are there any major...
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biggest arms supply of the us christopher who's a government and business consultant suspects from washington may play a role in creating obstacles to the deal. if this deal head gone through that would have meant for the iraqi people it kind of you know starting a balanced situation of the evening with east and with so this. would be healthy for the iraqi people because this is in line with their geographical very simple geographical situation now putting this deal under pressure you know that means that the u.s. are insisting on a monopole in the region it is it is very clear you know it is not mr maliki was calling the shots in the iraqi policies that is the u.s. right now and that they are not able you know to allow a lip to call a petition just a little you that is a very sad story for washington and it doesn't bear good sides for the future. five months behind closed doors is taking its toll on julian the son it's very little bit teary mental health with him in jeopardy as we report on line. across the playing that cost the cia bosses drop his infidelity really what forced betrayal soun
biggest arms supply of the us christopher who's a government and business consultant suspects from washington may play a role in creating obstacles to the deal. if this deal head gone through that would have meant for the iraqi people it kind of you know starting a balanced situation of the evening with east and with so this. would be healthy for the iraqi people because this is in line with their geographical very simple geographical situation now putting this deal under pressure you know that...
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point of view and that is what many people don't understand but it's also interesting how washington chooses which acts of terror to condemn this terrorism and which ones not to condemn for example suicide bombings that happen in syria on a regular basis the u.s. does not hurry to condemn. then most acts of terror so the word terrorism may have been different interpretations in washington often an act of terror may not be condemned as such if it's committed against someone designated by the you was an enemy. to get live updates on the situation ongoing just log on to our website odds for you dot com will be closely following the story on air as well. certainly feeling the aftershocks of the austerity protests as demonstrators of more than twenty countries join forces coming up here on our team we'll take a look at how the twenty four hour strike over spending cuts and skyrocketing unemployment in europe and it's ok. plus the queen of mean why the british want to search for a cleaner has led to a messy debate and anger about those campaigning for higher wages and also that her childre
point of view and that is what many people don't understand but it's also interesting how washington chooses which acts of terror to condemn this terrorism and which ones not to condemn for example suicide bombings that happen in syria on a regular basis the u.s. does not hurry to condemn. then most acts of terror so the word terrorism may have been different interpretations in washington often an act of terror may not be condemned as such if it's committed against someone designated by the you...